ラプラスの魔ま物もの

noun

Laplace's demon

A thought experiment in classical mechanics: a hypothetical intellect that, knowing all forces and positions of all particles, could predict the entire future and retrodict the entire past. Used in philosophy and physics discussions.

• ラプラスの魔ま物ものは、決けっ定てい論ろん的てき世せ界かい観かんを象しょう徴ちょうする存そん在ざいとしてよく引ひき合あいに出だされる。

  Laplace's demon is often cited as a symbol of a deterministic worldview.